Touch control apparatus, control method thereof and electronic device having touch control apparatus

ABSTRACT

A touch control apparatus, a control method thereof and an electronic device having the touch control apparatus are disclosed, which belong to the technical field of touch control. The touch control apparatus comprises: a panel ( 1 ); a transmitting antenna ( 2 ) arranged on the panel ( 1 ) and configured to transmit a detection wave for detecting whether the panel ( 1 ) is being touched; at least three resonant circuits arranged on the panel and configured to sense the detection wave and generate resonant waves; and a control processing unit ( 6 ) configured to control to process the resonant waves and position information of the resonant circuits to obtain corresponding touch information comprising at least a touch pressure and a touch position. The touch control apparatus, the control method thereof and the electronic device enable touch control of the panel by a general object through utilizing the resonant circuits. The present disclosure can be advantageously implemented by simple process at low cost and have wide usage prospect in the touch control field.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of touch control, andparticularly, to a touch control apparatus implementing touch control bya general object, a control method thereof, and an electronic devicehaving the touch control apparatus.

BACKGROUND

Electromagnetic touch control was once widely used in early panel-typedevices due to its high positioning accuracy and high sensitivity topressure. However, it has been gradually substituted bycurrently-prevalent multi-point capacitive touch control because itrequires specialized electromagnetic stylus and thus is inconvenient forinteraction between a user and the device.

With the wide application of touch control, people are realizingconvenience of finger touch control and multi-point touch control.Particularly, the development of mobile phone and tablet computerencourages further exploration of new technology.

Multi-point capacitive touch control screen is the most popular oneamong various multi-point touch control technologies that are currentlyused. However, it has certain disadvantages. First, it has to be placedin front of a display screen, which may degrade display effect thereof.The degradation is especially significant for reflective screens. As aresult, it can hardly be used in a paper-like display screen such as anelectronic-ink screen. Secondly, the touch control object has to beconductive and have a relatively large area to enable the touch control.The user's finger can be used as the touch control object. However, itbecomes non-conductive after wearing a glove and thus becomesineffective as the touch control object. Also, accuracy and sensitivityof the touch control are susceptible to dirt and sweat on the finger.The interaction performance of the multi-point capacitive touch controlscreen is substantially compromised by these disadvantages. Contrary tothe multi-point capacitive touch control screen, the electromagnetictouch control screen is typically arranged at the back side of thedisplay screen and thus is very suitable for the reflective screens suchas the electronic ink screen.

As described above, the multi-point capacitive touch control screen andthe electromagnetic touch control screen both have certaindisadvantages. The multi-point capacitive touch control screen has to beoperated by the finger while the electromagnetic touch control screenhas to be operated by the electromagnetic stylus. Neither of them can beconveniently operated by an arbitrary object.

SUMMARY

In view of the above disadvantages, there are provided a touch controlapparatus, a control method thereof, and an electronic device having thetouch control apparatus.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, there isprovided a touch control apparatus, comprising: a panel; a transmittingantenna arranged on the panel and configured to transmit a detectionwave for detecting whether the panel is being touched; at least threeresonant circuits arranged on the panel and configured to sense thedetection wave so as to generate resonant waves; and a controlprocessing unit configured to control to process the resonant waves andposition information of the resonant circuits to obtain correspondingtouch information comprising at least a touch pressure and a touchposition.

A control method of the touch control apparatus in accordance with thefirst aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a detection wavetransmission step for transmitting, by the transmitting antenna, adetection wave for detecting whether the panel is being touched; aresonant wave generation step for sensing, by the resonant circuits, thedetection wave when the resonant circuits are being touched to generateresonant waves; and a touch information obtaining step for controlling,by the control processing unit, to process the resonant waves andposition information of the resonant circuits to obtain correspondingtouch information comprising at least a touch pressure and a touchposition.

In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, there isprovided a touch control apparatus, comprising: a panel; a transmittingantenna arranged on the panel and configured to transmit a detectionwave for detecting whether the panel is being touched; anelectromagnetic stylus configured to sense the detection wave when ittouches the panel and generate a first resonant wave; at least threefirst receiving antennas arranged on the panel and configured to receivethe first resonant wave; at least three resonant circuits arranged onthe panel and configured to sense the detection wave when the panel isbeing touched by a second object different from the electromagneticstylus and generate respective second resonant waves; and a controlprocessing unit configured to control to process the first resonant waveand position information of the first receiving antennas or to processthe second resonant waves and position information of the resonantcircuits to obtain corresponding touch information.

A control method of the touch control apparatus in accordance with thesecond aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a detection wavetransmission step for transmitting, by the transmitting antenna, adetection wave for detecting whether the panel is being touched; a firstresonant wave generation step for sensing, by the electromagneticstylus, the detection wave when the electromagnetic stylus approaches ortouches the panel to generate a first resonant wave; a first resonantwave receiving step for receiving, by the first receiving antennas, thefirst resonant wave; a second resonant wave generation step for sensing,by the resonant circuits, the detection wave when the resonant circuitsare being touched by a second object different from the electromagneticstylus to generate respective second resonant waves; and a touchinformation obtaining step for controlling, by the control processingunit, to process the first resonant wave and position information of thefirst receiving antennas or to process the second resonant waves andposition information of the resonant circuits to obtain correspondingtouch information.

An electronic device in accordance with the present disclosure has theabove-described touch control apparatus.

The touch control apparatus, the control method thereof and theelectronic device having the touch control apparatus enable touchcontrol of the panel by a general object through utilizing the resonantcircuits. This addresses the defect of the existing touch control screenthat cannot be controlled by the general object. The touch control ofthe touch control screen by the general object can be implemented byobtaining touch information, e.g., touch position of the object, throughdetecting transient capacitance variation in the resonant circuits whenthe object is touching the touch control apparatus or the electronicdevice having the same.

The present disclosure can be advantageously implemented by simpleprocess at low cost.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a touch control apparatus in accordancewith an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a control processing unit of a touchcontrol apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a touch control apparatus in accordancewith a further embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a control processing unit of a touchcontrol apparatus in accordance with a further embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a control method of a touch control apparatusin accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a control method of a touch control apparatusin accordance with a further embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Next, embodiments of the present disclosure will be explained in detailwith reference to the drawings. The embodiments are only exemplary andshould be not construed as any limitation to the present disclosure.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 1, a touchcontrol apparatus comprises a panel 1, at least one transmitting antenna2, at least three resonant circuits each comprising a receiving antenna4′ and at least one signal sheet 5 connected with the receiving antenna4′, and a control processing unit 6.

The at least one transmitting antenna 2, the receiving antennas 4′ andthe signal sheets 5 are all arranged on the panel 1, for example, on itsback side or lateral side, or embedded in it.

The at least one transmitting antenna 2 may each transmit a detectionwave for detecting whether the panel 1 is touched. The detection wavemay be a square wave having a base frequency f′ or a sinusoid wavehaving a frequency f1′. The detection wave may be any other suitablesignal.

The signal sheet 5 is a sheet-like component having a pressure-sensitivecapacitance value. The capacitance value of the signal sheet 5 varies inaccordance with a pressure applied thereon. The signal sheet 5 may alsohave an acousto-electric or electric-acoustic characteristic to improvepositioning accuracy and user experience of touch control. The resonantcircuit senses the square wave having the base frequency f′ or thesinusoid wave having the frequency f1′ transmitted from the transmittingantenna 2 when it is touched to generate a resonant wave having thefrequency f′ or f1′, respectively.

The panel 1 may be a display screen or a transparent panel.Particularly, the panel 1 may be an electronic ink screen.

The numbers and positions of the transmitting antenna 2, the receivingantennas 4′, and the signal sheets 5 can be properly set to implementtouch control by a finger or a general object through detecting physicalchange induced by touch of the finger or the general object withoutdegrading display effect.

The control processing unit 6 controls to process the resonant waves andposition information of the resonant circuits to obtain correspondingtouch information comprising a touch pressure and a touch position.

Particularly, the control processing unit 6 selects at least threereceiving antennas 4′, of which the respective signal strengths have thelargest variations induced by the touch. Then the control processingunit 6 uses the signal strengths and the position information of thereceiving antennas 4′ as initial parameters of a conic curve tocalculate conic approximation to obtain corresponding touch informationcomprising at least a touch pressure and a touch position. Inparticular, the conic curve is depicted by taking the positioninformation of the receiving antennas 4′ as the x-axis of the coniccurve and the signal strengths of the receiving antennas 4′ as they-axis of the conic curve. The touch position is obtained by calculatingthe apex or nadir of the conic curve. The touch pressure is obtained bycalculating the amplitude of the conic curve. The conic curve may be aparabolic curve, a single strand of hyperbolic curve, or any othersuitable conic curve.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control processing unit 6 comprises a band-passfilter 62′. The band-pass filter 62′ passes the resonant waves.

The control processing unit 6 also comprises a MUX analog switch 63. Thereceiving antennas 4′ in the resonant circuits are connected to an inputof the band-pass filter 62′ directly or via the MUX analog switch 63. Aspecific receiving antenna 4′ is selected by the MUX analog switch 63.

The control processing unit 6 also comprises an integration circuit 66′,an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuit 68′, a main controlcircuit 64, a transmission circuit 69, and a DEMUX analog switch 70.

The transmission circuit 69 selects a specific transmitting antenna 2 totransmit the detection wave using the DEMUX analog switch 70 undercontrol of the main control circuit 64.

The band-pass filter 62′ has an output connected to an input of theintegration circuit 66′. An output of the integration circuit 66′ isconnected to an input of the ADC circuit 68′.

A specific receiving antenna 4′ is selected by the MUX analog switch 63.The main control circuit 64 then may process the signal output from theADC circuit 68′ and the position information of the at least threereceiving antenna 4′ having the largest signal strength variations toobtain the touch information comprising at least the touch pressure andthe touch position.

In a further embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 3, atouch control apparatus comprises a panel 1, at least one transmittingantenna 2, an electromagnetic stylus 7, at least three first receivingantennas 3, at least three resonant circuits each comprising a receivingantenna 4 and at least one signal sheet 5 connected with the receivingantenna 4, and a control processing unit 6.

The at least one transmitting antenna 2, the first receiving antennas 3,the receiving antennas 4 and the signal sheets 5 are all arranged on thepanel 1, for example, on its back side or lateral side, or embedded init.

The at least one transmitting antenna 2 may each transmit a detectionwave for detecting whether the panel 1 is touched. The detection wavemay be a square wave having a base frequency f or a sinusoid wave havinga frequency f1. The detection wave may be any other suitable signal.

The electromagnetic stylus senses, in the square wave having the basefrequency f or the sinusoid wave having the frequency f1, a harmonicwave having a frequency 3 f or a sinusoid wave having a frequency f3,respectively, when it touches the panel 1, so as to generate a firstresonant wave having the frequency 3 f or f3, respectively.

The at least three first receiving antennas 3 may each receive the firstresonant wave having the frequency 3 f or f3.

The transmitting antenna may also be used as the receiving antennas bytransmitting the detection wave and receiving the resonant wave in atime-divisional manner. In this way, the number of antennas can bereduced.

The signal sheet 5 is a sheet-like component having a pressure-sensitivecapacitance value. The capacitance value of the signal sheet 5 varies inaccordance with a pressure applied thereon. The signal sheet 5 may alsohave an acousto-electric or electric-acoustic characteristic to improvepositioning accuracy and user experience of touch control. The resonantcircuit senses the square wave having the base frequency f or thesinusoid wave having the frequency f1 transmitted from the transmittingantenna 2 when it is touched by a second object different from theelectromagnetic stylus to generate a second resonant wave having thefrequency f or f1.

The panel 1 may be a display screen or a transparent panel.Particularly, the panel 1 may be an electronic ink screen.

The numbers and positions of the transmitting antenna 2, the firstreceiving antennas 3, the second receiving antennas 4, and the signalsheets 5 can be properly set to implement touch control by a finger or ageneral object through detecting physical change induced by touch of thefinger or the general object without degrading display effect. Also,precise writing of the electromagnetic stylus can be implemented byutilizing electromagnetic positioning technology.

The control processing unit 6 controls to process the first resonantwave and position information of the first receiving antennas 3 or thesecond resonant waves and position information of the resonant circuitsto obtain corresponding touch information comprising a touch pressureand a touch position.

Particularly, the control processing unit 6 selects at least three firstreceiving antennas 3 or at least three second receiving antennas 4, ofwhich the respective signal strengths have the largest variationsinduced by the touch. Then the control processing unit 6 uses therespective signal strengths and the position information of firstreceiving antennas 3 or the receiving antennas 4 as initial parametersof a conic curve to calculate conic approximation to obtaincorresponding touch information comprising at least a touch pressure anda touch position. In particular, the conic curve is depicted by takingthe position information of the receiving antennas as the x-axis of theconic curve and the signal strengths of the receiving antennas as they-axis of the conic curve. The touch position is obtained by calculatingthe apex or nadir of the conic curve. The touch pressure is obtained bycalculating the amplitude of the conic curve. The conic curve may be aparabolic curve, a single strand of hyperbolic curve, or any othersuitable conic curve.

As shown in FIG. 4, the control processing unit 6 comprises a firstband-pass filter 61 and a second band-pass filter 62. The firstband-pass filter 61 passes the first resonant wave and the band-passfilter 62 passes the resonant waves.

The control processing unit 6 also comprises a MUX analog switch 63. Thefirst receiving antennas 3 are connected to an input of the firstband-pass filter 61 directly or via the MUX analog switch 63. The secondreceiving antennas 4 in the resonant circuits are connected to an inputof the band-pass filter 62 directly or via the MUX analog switch 63. Aspecific first receiving antenna 3 or second receiving antenna 4 isselected by the MUX analog switch 63.

The control processing unit 6 also comprises a first integration circuit65, a second integration circuit 66, a first analog-to-digitalconversion (first ADC) circuit 67, a second analog-to-digital conversion(second ADC) circuit 68, a main control circuit 64, a transmissioncircuit 69, and a DEMUX analog switch 70.

The transmission circuit 69 selects a specific transmitting antenna 2 totransmit the detection wave using the DEMUX analog switch 70 undercontrol of the main control circuit 64.

The first band-pass filter 61 has an output connected to an input of thefirst integration circuit 65. An output of the first integration circuit65 is connected to an input of the first ADC circuit 67.

The second band-pass filter 62 has an output connected to an input ofthe second integration circuit 66. An output of the second integrationcircuit 66 is connected to an input of the second ADC circuit 68.

A specific first receiving antenna 3 or a specific second receivingantenna 4 is selected by the MUX analog switch 63. The main controlcircuit 64 then may process the signal output from the first ADC circuit67 and the position information of the at least three first receivingantenna 3 having the largest signal strength variations or the signaloutput from the second ADC circuit 68 and the position information ofthe at least three second receiving antenna 4 having the largest signalstrength variations, so as to obtain the touch information comprising atleast the touch pressure and the touch position.

An electronic device in accordance with the present disclosure may havethe touch control apparatus in the above-described embodiments.Particularly, the electronic device in accordance with the presentdisclosure may be an electronic reader, a tablet computer, a paneldisplay, or a mobile phone having the above-described touch controlapparatus.

Next, a touch control method of a touch control apparatus in accordancewith an embodiment will be explained with reference to a specificexample. In this example, there are m transmitting antennas 2, n firstreceiving antennas, and k second receiving antennas, wherein m is anatural number no less than 1, and n and k are natural numbers largerthan 2, respectively.

In the example as shown in FIG. 5, the control method comprises thefollowing steps.

In step S1, one transmitting antenna 2 transmits a square wave signalhaving a base frequency f.

In step S2, all of the second receiving antennas 4 receive a harmonicwave signal having a frequency f. All of the first receiving antennas 3receive a harmonic wave signal having a frequency 3 f in the square wavesignal having the base frequency f. The control processing unit 6obtains signal strengths of all the second receiving antennas 4 and thefirst receiving antennas 3 and stores the signal strengths of the secondreceiving antennas 4 in table 1 and the signal strengths of the firstreceiving antennas 3 in table 2.

In step S3, another transmitting antenna 2 is selected and the processreturns to step S1. The process is repeated until all transmittingantennas have been selected.

In step S4, m×n signal strengths in the table 2 are compared with aninitialization table II. The process proceeds to step S6 if there is nosubstantial difference, which means the signal strengths containtolerable noise. Otherwise the process proceeds to step S5. Theinitialization table II is a table containing m×n signal strengthsobtained by averaging the signal strengths from all of the firstreceiving antennas 3 through repeating steps S1˜S3 for multiple timeswithout presence of any touch or electromagnetic stylus.

In step S5, two groups of first receiving antennas 3 are selected havingthe largest signal strength variations. As shown in FIG. 3, one groupmay comprise at least three horizontally-arranged first receivingantennas 3, while the other group may comprise at least threeperpendicularly-arranged first receiving antennas 3. Conic approximationis calculated using the signal strengths and position information of theselected first receiving antennas 3 to obtain touch position and touchpressure of the electromagnetic stylus. Then the process returns to stepS1.

In step S6, m×k signal strengths in the table 1 are compared with aninitialization table I. The process returns to step S1 if there is nosubstantial difference, which means the signal strengths containtolerable noise. Otherwise the process proceeds to step S7. Theinitialization table I is a table containing m×k signal strengthsobtained by averaging the signal strengths from all of the secondreceiving antennas 4 through repeating steps S1˜S3 for multiple timeswithout presence of any touch or electromagnetic stylus.

In step S7, two groups of second receiving antennas 4 are selectedhaving the largest signal strength variations. As shown in FIG. 3, onegroup may comprise at least three horizontally-arranged second receivingantennas 4, while the other group may comprise at least threeperpendicularly-arranged second receiving antennas 4. Conicapproximation is calculated using the signal strengths and positioninformation of the selected second receiving antennas 4 to obtain touchposition and touch pressure of the electromagnetic stylus. Then theprocess returns to step S1.

In steps S5 and S7, the conic curve may be a parabolic curve, a singlestand of hyperbolic curve or any other suitable conic curve.

In the example as shown in FIG. 6, the control method comprises thefollowing steps.

In step S1, one transmitting antenna 2 transmits a square wave signalhaving a base frequency f1 and a sinusoid wave signal having a frequencyf3 alternately.

In step S2, all of the second receiving antennas 4 receive a harmonicwave signal having the frequency f1. All of the first receiving antennas3 receive a harmonic wave signal having the frequency f3. The controlprocessing unit 6 obtains signal strengths of all the second receivingantennas 4 and the first receiving antennas 3 and stores the signalstrengths of the second receiving antennas 4 in table 1 and the signalstrengths of the first receiving antennas 3 in table 2.

In step S3, another transmitting antenna 2 is selected and the processreturns to step S1. The process is repeated until all transmittingantennas have been selected.

In step S4, m×n signal strengths in the table 2 are compared with aninitialization table II. The process proceeds to step S6 if there is nosubstantial difference, which means the signal strengths containtolerable noise. Otherwise the process proceeds to step S5. Theinitialization table II is a table containing m×n signal strengthsobtained by averaging the signal strengths from all of the firstreceiving antennas 3 through repeating steps S1˜S3 for multiple timeswithout presence of any touch or electromagnetic stylus.

In step S5, two groups of first receiving antennas 3 are selected havingthe largest signal strength variations. As shown in FIG. 3, one groupmay comprise at least three horizontally-arranged first receivingantennas 3, while the other group may comprise at least threeperpendicularly-arranged first receiving antennas 3. Conic approximationis calculated using the signal strengths and position information of theselected first receiving antennas 3 to obtain touch position and touchpressure of the electromagnetic stylus. Then the process returns to stepS1.

In step S6, m×k signal strengths in the table 1 are compared with aninitialization table I. The process returns to step S1 if there is nosubstantial difference, which means the signal strengths containtolerable noise. Otherwise the process proceeds to step S7. Theinitialization table I is a table containing m×k signal strengthsobtained by averaging the signal strengths from all of the secondreceiving antennas 4 through repeating steps S1˜S3 for multiple timeswithout presence of any touch or electromagnetic stylus.

In step S7, two groups of second receiving antennas 4 are selectedhaving the largest signal strength variations. As shown in FIG. 3, onegroup may comprise at least three horizontally-arranged second receivingantennas 4, while the other group may comprise at least threeperpendicularly-arranged second receiving antennas 4. Conicapproximation is calculated using the signal strengths and positioninformation of the selected second receiving antennas 4 to obtain touchposition and touch pressure of the electromagnetic stylus. Then theprocess returns to step S1.

In steps S5 and S7, the conic curve may be a parabolic curve, a singlestand of hyperbolic curve or any other suitable conic curve.

The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described as above.Those skilled in the art will understand that various changes,modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to theseembodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of thepresent disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined bythe attached claims and equivalents thereof.

1. A touch control apparatus, comprising: a panel; a transmittingantenna arranged on the panel and configured to transmit a detectionwave for detecting whether the panel is being touched; at least threeresonant circuits arranged on the panel and configured to sense thedetection wave so as to generate resonant waves; and a controlprocessing unit configured to control to process the resonant waves andposition information of the resonant circuits to obtain correspondingtouch information comprising at least a touch pressure and a touchposition.
 2. The touch control apparatus according to claim 1, whereinthe resonant circuit comprises: a receiving antenna; and at least onesignal sheet connected with the receiving antenna, wherein the signalsheet is a sheet-like component having a pressure-sensitive capacitanceor a sheet-like component having an acousto-electric orelectric-acoustic characteristic.
 3. (canceled)
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 5. Thetouch control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmittingantenna and the resonant circuits are arranged at a back or lateral sideof the panel, or embedded in the panel.
 6. The touch control apparatusaccording to claim 1, wherein: the control processing unit comprises aband-pass filter configured to pass the resonant waves; and the resonantcircuits are connected with an input of the band-pass filter directly orvia a MUX analog switch in the control processing unit.
 7. The touchcontrol apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control processingunit further comprises: an integration circuit having an input connectedwith an output of the band-pass filter; an analog-to-digital conversioncircuit having an input connected with an output of the integrationcircuit; and a main control circuit configured to process signals outputfrom the analog-to-digital conversion circuit and position informationof the resonant circuits to obtain the touch information.
 8. (canceled)9. A control method of a touch control apparatus comprising a panel, atransmitting antenna and at least three resonant circuits arranged onthe panel, and a control processing unit, the control method comprising:a detection wave transmission step for transmitting, by the transmittingantenna, a detection wave for detecting whether the panel is beingtouched; a resonant wave generation step for sensing, by the resonantcircuits, the detection wave when the resonant circuits are beingtouched to generate resonant waves; and a touch information obtainingstep for controlling, by the control processing unit, to process theresonant waves and position information of the resonant circuits toobtain corresponding touch information comprising at least a touchpressure and a touch position.
 10. The control method according to claim9, wherein in the detection wave transmission step, the detection wavecomprises a square wave signal having a base frequency equal a frequencyof the resonant waves or a sinusoid wave signal having a frequency equalthe frequency of the resonant waves.
 11. The control method according toclaim 10, wherein in the touch information obtaining step, the controlprocessing unit selects at least three resonant circuits having largestsignal strength variations induced by a touch and calculates conicapproximation using signal strengths and position information of theselected resonant circuits as initial parameters of a conic curve toobtain the corresponding touch information comprising at least the touchpressure and the touch position.
 12. A touch control apparatus,comprising: a panel; a transmitting antenna arranged on the panel andconfigured to transmit a detection wave for detecting whether the panelis being touched; an electromagnetic stylus configured to sense thedetection wave when it approaches or touches the panel and generate afirst resonant wave; at least three first receiving antennas arranged onthe panel and configured to receive the first resonant wave; at leastthree resonant circuits arranged on the panel and configured to sensethe detection wave when the panel is being touched by a second objectdifferent from the electromagnetic stylus and generate respective secondresonant waves; and a control processing unit configured to control toprocess the first resonant wave and position information of the firstreceiving antennas or to process the second resonant waves and positioninformation of the resonant circuits to obtain corresponding touchinformation.
 13. The touch control apparatus according to claim 12,wherein the resonant circuit comprises: a second receiving antenna; andat least one signal sheet connected with the second receiving antenna,wherein the signal sheet is a sheet-like component having apressure-sensitive capacitance or a sheet-like component having anacousto-electric or electric-acoustic characteristic.
 14. (canceled) 15.(canceled)
 16. The touch control apparatus according to claim 12,wherein: the transmitting antenna, the first receiving antennas, and theresonant circuits are arranged at a back or lateral side of the panel,or embedded in the panel; and/or the transmitting antenna is alsoconfigured as the receiving antennas by transmitting the detection waveand receiving the first resonant wave in a time-divisional manner undercontrol of the control processing unit.
 17. (canceled)
 18. The touchcontrol apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the control processingunit comprises: a first band-pass filter configured to pass the firstresonant wave; and a second band-pass filter configured to pass thesecond resonant waves.
 19. The touch control apparatus according toclaim 18, wherein the first receiving antennas are connected with aninput of the first band-pass filter directly or via a MUX analog switchin the control processing unit.
 20. The touch control apparatusaccording to claim 18, wherein the resonant circuits are connected withan input of the second band-pass filter directly or via a MUX analogswitch in the control processing unit.
 21. The touch control apparatusaccording to claim 18, wherein the control processing unit furthercomprises: a first integration circuit having an input connected with anoutput of the first band-pass filter; a first analog-to-digitalconversion circuit having an input connected with an output of the firstintegration circuit; a second integration circuit having an inputconnected with an output of the second band-pass filter; a secondanalog-to-digital conversion circuit having an input connected with anoutput of the second integration circuit; and a main control circuitconfigured to process signals output from the first analog-to-digitalconversion circuit and position information of the first receivingantennas or to process signals output from the second analog-to-digitalconversion circuit and position information of the resonant circuits toobtain the touch information.
 22. (canceled)
 23. A control method of atouch control apparatus comprising a panel, a transmitting antenna, atleast three first receiving antennas, and at least three resonantcircuits arranged on the panel, an electromagnetic stylus, and a controlprocessing unit, the control method comprising: a detection wavetransmission step for transmitting, by the transmitting antenna, adetection wave for detecting whether the panel is being touched; a firstresonant wave generation step for sensing, by the electromagneticstylus, the detection wave when the electromagnetic stylus approaches ortouches the panel to generate a first resonant wave; a first resonantwave receiving step for receiving, by the first receiving antennas, thefirst resonant wave; a second resonant wave generation step for sensing,by the resonant circuits, the detection wave when the resonant circuitsare being touched by a second object different from the electromagneticstylus to generate respective second resonant waves; and a touchinformation obtaining step for controlling, by the control processingunit, to process the first resonant wave and position information of thefirst receiving antennas or to process the second resonant waves andposition information of the resonant circuits to obtain correspondingtouch information comprising at least a touch pressure and a touchposition.
 24. The control method according to claim 23, wherein in thedetection wave transmission step, the detection wave comprises: a squarewave signal having a base frequency equal a frequency of the secondresonant waves; or a sinusoid wave signal having a frequency equal thatof the second resonant waves and a sinusoid wave signal having afrequency equal that of the first resonant wave, which are transmittedby the transmitting antenna alternately.
 25. The control methodaccording to claim 24, wherein a difference between the frequency of thefirst resonant wave and that of the second resonant waves is largeenough that the first resonant wave and the second resonant waves do notinterfere each other.
 26. The control method according to claim 23,wherein in the touch information obtaining step, the control processingunit selects at least three first receiving antennas or at least threeresonant circuits having largest signal strength variations induced by atouch and calculates conic approximation using respective signalstrengths and position information of the selected first receivingantennas or resonant circuits as initial parameters of a conic curve toobtain the corresponding touch information comprising at least the touchpressure and the touch position.
 27. An electronic device comprising atouch control apparatus according to claim
 1. 28. (canceled)